Article 3TS27 Ötzi’s last supper: mummified hunter's final meal revealed

Ötzi’s last supper: mummified hunter's final meal revealed

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Scientists say iceman ate 'horrible-tasting' high-fat meal of ibex before his murder 5,300 years ago

i-tzi the iceman filled his belly with fat before he set out on the ill-fated hunting trip that ended with his bloody death on a glacier in the eastern Alps 5,300 years ago, scientists say.

The first in-depth analysis of the hunter's stomach contents reveal that half of his last meal consisted of animal fat, primarily from a wild goat species known as the Alpine ibex.

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